Shanghai at night
Center for China Employment and Labor Relations
The Center for China Employment and Labor Relations (CELR) was created to bring a multidisciplinary approach to the employment-related implications of China's rapidly changing business and industrial environment. The Center seeks to bring together the rich resources of China research and scholarship at the University of Michigan with ILIR's fifty years of experience in labor and employment.
CELR is currently involved in a number of projects related to labor and employment issues in China. It is expected that CELR will build upon ongoing projects and focus research and training on emerging issues. Although specific activities of the Center grow out of the individual interests and expertise of associated researchers, several focuses are being developed, including:
  1. Collaborative research and training projects related to the labor-management process
  2. Research and consultation on employment-related aspects of the developing business relationships and partnerships between U.S. and other foreign companies in China
  3. Survey research on China's employment and labor relations
  4. Information dissemination activities, such as regular seminars on China's employment and labor relations and a website to archive both English and Chinese research data
  5. Educational initiatives to address China's employment and labor relations